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the downside of knitting only a semicircle is that your knitting friends are totally going to figure you bailed out on a circle shawl because you couldn't take the heat

to double your stitches in a round, you can either knit into the front and back of each stitch, which makes a solid round or you can knit one, yarn over, knit one, yarn over all the way around the round

كأن ألهة الإغريق هم أولاد عمه اللزم

أنا كاتب . يعني أنا لا افعل شيئا . اليس هذا بائسا

الزيتون في فلسطين ليس مجرد ملكية زراعية ، إنه كرامة الناس , هو نشرة اخبارهم الشفهية , حديث مضافاتهم في ليالي السمر , بنكهم المركزي ساعة حساب الربح والخسارة ,نجم موائدهم, ورفيق لقمتهم. هو بطاقة الهوية التي لا تحتاج إلى أختام ولا صور ولا تنتهي صلاحيتها بموت صاحبها , تظل تدل عليه تحفظ اسمه وتباركه مع كل حفيد جديد وكل موسم جديد

إذا كان تعود الظلم ملمحا من ملامح العبودية، فإنه في حالة وثوق صاحب الحق من حقه يصبح كظما للغيظ ومراكمة لعناصر قوة خفية

أحار فيما إذا كان التعود ضعفا أم قوة

يكرة الفلسيطيني الأعزل أن يبدو مثيرا للشفقة . يتسلح بالضحك والسخرية حتى من الذات والتهكم على مأساته المتكررة دون ضوء في آخر نفق الاحتلال

القهوة كالورد, فالورد يقدمه لك سواك ولا أحد يقدم وردا لنفسه. وإن أعددتها لنفسك فأنت لحظتها في عزلة حرة بلا عاشق أو عزيز غريب في مكانك. وإن كان هذا اختيارا فأنت تدفع ثمن حريتك وإن كان اضطرارا فأنت في حاجة إلى جرس الباب

من أجمل أناقات العيش تلك اللحظة التي يتحول فيها ترف صغير إلى ضرورة

أعظم ما في القهوة التوقيت, أن تجدها في يدك فور أن تتمناها

Virtually every culture on earth has a history for the shawl...there must be a reason for this and you should knit one while we figure it out

Shawls are the mighty chameleon of knitting and virtually anything you knit could be a shawl if you think about it right and can get the thing over your shoulders

A scarf that has turned out too big is not a failure. It's a shawl.

there was no way I was having leftovers. It would be like not staying for dessert on a date with Johnny Depp.

scarves are a great way to learn something new.

The scarf is the ultimate tool for knitterly self expression,. with a minimum of skill and understandign you can make something that (for better for worse) will be unique. Go forth and knit

imagine a scarf as an unlimited canvas

sock yarn is a mysterious animal

The truth about socks is that they're humble and beautiful and noble, and in their lowness they're the highest form of art

something as humdrum as socks could be elevated by love and then walked on ...it speaks to a certain magnificence

some knitted items have a destiny they are sworn to fulfill, regardless of you intentions. Attempting to force a skein to become something contrary to this destiny will result in revolt and perhaps a coup

when you can go around measuring hands instead of heads and make people think that they're getting mittens

number of stitches per inch x number of inches around head = number of stitches to cast on

Teenagers do not wear hats except in summer while skateboarding or as a fashion statement designed to humiliate or annoy you (LOL)

ribbing moss seed and garter are all balanced and combine the yin and yang of knitting

A hat stands in sharp contrast to a scarf as the perfect teaching tool. The only thing that scarves have over hats is that a crappy first scarf can be tucked into a coat a crappy first hat is out in public

It's not b/c your mate annoyed you while you were knitting and messed with your concentration. you can't blame it on an unhappy childhood or an inability to cope with a fear of emotional commitment.There is no one to blame but you

knitting a swatch is like first date between knitter and yarn. You get to know each other, you converse, you see how the yarn behaves when you handle it, you discover it it's soft or harsh, you decide whether the pattern you've picked is right for this individual yarn. You begin to get the sense of the potential your relationship holds; is it a keeper? or are you going to have to dump it faster than...

Raw gauge is how many rows of knitting measured up and down fit in the prescribed area